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• Nathaniel Lee Ballou († 1998)
• PAMELA MAAT, Scheerwolde, Overijssel, Nederland

• Agatha Christina Cornelia van der Zwaan (89), Waddinxveen
• Anne Kootstra (84), Rotterdam, Nederland
• André Emile René Gahide (67), Menen,8930,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Bartus van den Brink (97), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Adolf Soyka (74)
• Anna Wilhelmina Maria Zelen (86), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Quinn (67), Den Haag
• Anne Kootstra (84), Rotterdam
• anna maria smedts (99), venlo (ziekenhuis)
• Adriaan Brasser (74)

• 1978 » Gary, South Korean rapper and producer
• 1980 » Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1981 » Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
• 1981 » Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
• 1981 » Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 » Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
• 1982 » Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer
• 1982 » Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer
• 1982 » Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player
• 1982 » Nick Blackburn, American baseball player

• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)
• 1982 » Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1986 » Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (b. 1917)
• 1990 » Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (b. 1896)
• 1990 » Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
• January 20 » Ronald Reagan is inaugurated the 40th President of the United States of America. Twenty minutes later, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
• March 27 » The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
• March 30 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.; three others are wounded in the same incident.
• June 7 » The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.
• June 28 » A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party.
• October 21 » Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.

The temperature on February 24, 1981 was between -4.2 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.